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How Fat Is Your State?

If you live in Oregon, you can be proud that you and your fellow citizens held the weight scales steady last year. According to “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2005,” a report from Trust for America’s Health, the beaver state was the only one that did not grow fatter (Hawaii was not included in the report).

Here’s how other states weighed in:

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Joy Keller

Joy Keller is the director of marketing communications & PR at IDEA, and has also served as executive editor of IDEA Fitness Journal, IDEA Fitness Manager, IDEA Pilates Today, and IDEA Fit Business Success. She is also a certified personal trainer, indoor cycling instructor and yoga teacher (RYT 200).

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